INQ-271 | Women Playwrights in Context

Full Title: Women Playwrights in Context

Topic Description:

This class will examine select works of female playwrights from different eras and analyze the characters, plots, themes, and concerns to see if there are any patterns in these that represent a standpoint that is uniquely a woman’s. We will ask if the playwright’s experiences as a woman offer us a perspective of the world that is somehow different than a male playwright might show us. The course introduces work from the first known female playwright and then focuses on select plays from the 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.

Counts as Global? No

Topic Approved: April 2010